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"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" is a 1983 song written and performed by Ray Parker Jr. It was the lead single from his Woman Out of Control album of the same year, and it reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984.[1] It was Parker's fifth Top 20 hit, the sixth being 1984's "Ghostbusters".[1]

"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You"
Single by Ray Parker Jr.
from the album Woman Out of Control
Released	October 1983
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:09
Label	Arista - Arista 9116
Songwriter(s)	Ray Parker, Jr.
Producer(s)	Ollie E. Brown and Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr. singles chronology
"The People Next Door" (1983) "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" (1983) "Woman Out of Control" (1984)

Background

The song is an up-tempo ballad with electronic instruments.[2] While initially the song speaks of lost love and an ended relationship, the lyrics gradually take a considerably more sinister tone, ultimately implying that the man either is stalking his former girlfriend, or potentially preparing to do harm to her. A turning point in the tone occurs when Parker borrows a line from The Police's "Every Breath You Take", "Every breath you take, I'll be watching you."[2] This is summarily followed by closing lines which indicate that the relationship has taken a dark turn: "There's no way that this thing is through, no; Not yet, I ain't through lovin' you; I'm gettin' mad, girl, don't you ever try to leave, no, no; It'll be the last thing you'll ever do."

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	84
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	48
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[6]	10
U.S.Billboard Hot Black Singles[7]	12

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1984)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[8]	77

References

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